Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-21
srRAWsEkRIEs and CELERY.

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In the discussions which have occurred
at the Farmers Institute. during the last
few days, 90 ne very interesting and vaiua-
Bile facts have been brought out-facts
which afford some points as to the develop
ment of local industries. One Of these re-
lates to strawberry culture. and was stated
by Mr.. Theodore +. Longenecker. of Day
ton, man Of ample experience in the line
Of cultivating small fruits. Mr.. Longe-
necker says that, by planting out series OF
strawberry season may be heightened out to
one month. 1t has hardly lasted half that
period, up to this time. Many thousands
OF dollars have boen sent from here for
foreign berries, each year, that we should
have had grown here. Here Is certainly an
opening for enterprising and intelligent
young farmers. or other young men. who
do not find the raising of wheat, corn and
potatoes profitable, or pleasant. Straw
berries can be raised, In good quantities,
the second year after the planting, and by
planting out one or more new beds each
year good crops can be raised every season.
But instruction and advice should be OBJ
tanned from experts. rs to how to begin
ard proceed, but this can usually be OBJ
tanned, gratis, Of the man who raises and
sells the plants.
Strawberry culture requires but cOmpar-
a,ively small tracts of ground, and they
can be rented at reasonable annual sum
per acre, quite near the city. The outlay is
not heavy and in the second season the op-
orator can begin to realize on his invest
ment There is always . market here. and
fair prices for good, fresh strawberries
and the buyer will always give homegrown
berries the preference. Sometimes the crop
will be short, Is is the fact with all crops,
but strawberries are among the most relia-
bic of fruits. We have. In the aggregate.
carloads Of strawberrlee brought here from
adjacent towns, in our own season. There
is no reason in the world why the supply
represented in thsse imports should not be
raised here. with better proiit-certainly BY
so much IS transportation costs.
The fact has also been developed. In the
discussions Of the Institute, that many car
loads of celery are brought here from Mich
ig IN, Canada. and elsewhere; and that the
market may I've supplied with profit from
ground in our own immediate vicinity.
Why should we send thousands Of dollars
to enrich ceiery-growers at Cincinnati, Ksl-
amazoo and Canada towns, when we can
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good quality-within . mile or two OF
Springfield? We should not. We
need the money we pay out
for foreign strawberries. raspber-
r.es. blackberries, celery, ETC.. for circula-
ton here, and il enterprising young men
will buy or rent ground, raise small fruits
and vegetables and put their pockets, with
open mouths, within reach Of the Spring
field consumers. they will be filled.
Experts say that in the Mad river and
Buck creek bottoms there are some kind Of
muck and peat lands on which the white
celery OF Michigan is raised. The climate
may not be quite Is fayorabls here a. In
Mchigan-and may be, for aught We know
but the homegrown Of celery can put
his product on the market, less the rates for
transportation, and thereby have SO much
the advantage of the foreign grower. Sam
uel A. Bowman. esq.,, Rev. Mr.. Sewer and
others give their personal testimony to the |
effect that they have raised as good celery |
here as they have ever seen or eaten. an0
Mr. Bowman says he has so raised ceier.